Help Bluetooth disconnecting in car

[Ikenstein]

I recently bought a 2013 Honda Civic. While I'm driving, the Bluetooth will occasionally disconnect and reconnect. It hasn't happened during a call, yet. Has anyone else had this issue with the Bluetooth in their vehicle (any manufacturer)?

Thanks in advance for any advice

 

[lunatic59]

I've never had any issues with any of my phones (SGS2 included) disconnecting from Bluetooth. I have a 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander and my wife drives a 2011 Lancer Sportback. Both have the factory installed hands-free systems.

How do you know it's disconnecting if it doesn't happen during a call? You go to use it and it tells you there are no paired devices?

I'd try to see if this happens with other phones. If you have access to another phone, pair it with your car and turn yours off. Then drive around long enough to see if it does the same thing.

You might want to check with Honda to see if there is a firmware update for their system.

 

[Ikenstein]

I know it's disconnected because a message pops up on my iMID saying that the phone disconnected. It's the factory installed Bluetooth, sorry for not mentioning that in my original post.

I'll try seeing it if happens with my boyfriend's phone and check about a firmware upgrade.

Thanks for the suggestions

 

[lunatic59]

I know it's disconnected because a message pops up on my iMID saying that the phone disconnected. It's the factory installed Bluetooth, sorry for not mentioning that in my original post.

I'll try seeing it if happens with my boyfriend's phone and check about a firmware upgrade.

Thanks for the suggestions

It might be an issue where when the phone goes to sleep, bluetooth is getting switched off as a power saving measure. If you have any battery saving apps, you might look at that to see if there is a way to exclude the bluetooth radio.

Okay ... with Android 4.2 i can go to menu>settings>bluetooth and then tap menu and i get the option to set the visibility timeout, which might be why your are losing the connection. Try setting it to "never".

 

[Ikenstein]

I found the setting for Bluetooth visibility timeout. It was set to 2 minutes. I changed it to never. I bet that will solve the problem. I'll update you either way. Thanks again, lunatic!

 

[Ikenstein]

I'm returning to report that I haven't experienced any more random Bluetooth disconnects since changing the sleep setting for Bluetooth.

 

[kgreen169]

I am having disconnect/connect problems with my Samsung Galaxy III and my 2013 Subaru Forester. The Bluetooth worked for a while then started the disconnect then reconnect repeatedly problem.
I tried to set my bluetooth setting visibility timeout to never but there was no option for never do I set it to 1 hour. I was also told to turn Power Saving mode to off.

Hope something helps

This is an update. Somehow my Samsung phone got renamed from the name that I gave it to the default name. When I renamed my Samsung phone to Kay Android and repaired it to my car bluetooth, the phone stayed connected. Hope this is the problem and the fix.